Willard R. Espy Quotes

• All flowers are flirtatious - particularly if they carry hyphenated names. The more hyphens in the name, the flirtier the flower. The one-hyphen flowers - black-eyed Susan; lady-smock; musk-rose - may give you only a shy glance and then drop their eyes; the two-hyphen flowers - forget-me-not; flower-de-luce - keep glancing. Flowers with three or more hyphens flirt all over the garden and continue even when they are cut and arranged in vases. John-go-to-bed-at-noon does not go there simply to sleep.

  Willard R. Espy

  Flower, Sleep, Eye

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• When you write, you can hide behind your words. When you talk, you are up front, like the clown in the midway booth; and passersby can bean you with a ball.

  Willard R. Espy

  Writing, Balls, Clown

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• I am too old and stiff-necked to change my memories now.

  Willard R. Espy

  Memories

  Willard R. Espy (1992). “Oysterville: Roads to Grandpa's Village”, p.117, University of Washington Press

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